Emergent bullectomy for acute respiratory failure in Ehlers-Danlos syndrome

Journal of Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 349-351

  Safdar, Zeenat ^a   O'Sullivan, Mary ^a   Shapiro, Janet M ^a  

^a St Luke's Roosevelt Hospital Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Bullectomy; Emphysema; Mechanical ventilation; Thoracotomy

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; EHLERS DANLOS SYNDROME; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ACUTE DISEASE; BIOPSY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY; FEVER; INTENSIVE CARE; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG RESECTION; METHODOLOGY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; BIOPSY; COUGH; CRITICAL CARE; DYSPNEA; EHLERS-DANLOS SYNDROME; EMERGENCIES; FEVER; HUMANS; MALE; PNEUMONECTOMY; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 16644373409     PISSN: 08850666     EISSN: 15251489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0885066604269645     Document Type: Article

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